Trace-carrier



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W. lVI. SMITHER.

TRACE CARRIER. No...29'7',864.

,Patented Apr. 2,9. 18784.

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.0 l A a a i Ou w W W UNITED STA-TES WILLIAM M. sMITHEE, or KEENE, KENTUCKY.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,864, dated April 2'9, 1884.

Application filed January 31. 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. SMIIHEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Keene, in the county of .Iessamine and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trace.'- Garriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to carriers for tracechains in harness; and the improvement which I have made relates to aswinging hook which carries the chain in such manner that, while the hook is connected to the back-band, it will not cause said band to be moved out of position when in use.

In the accompanying drawings, which make' part of this specification, Figure l-represents a side view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, of my invention. y

In the figures, A represents the back-band of a set of harness.

B represents a loop, which is connected to this band by headed rivets a a. This loop may be made of metal, but I preferably make it of leather.

C represents a metallic hook, (for the purpose of carrying the chain,) which is secured within this loop.

e represents a metallic plate provided with two lugs cast on its surface, and through which the rivets pass, and t' a metal or leather iilling placed between the two ends of the loop B, and between which the upper end of the hook C is l secured by the lower lug through which passes one of the rivets 0I',l and which acts as a pivot upon which it vibrates. The chain D passes through the loop B, and when suitably adjusted as to length, one of its links is caught upon the hook C, said hook having a slightv and suitable obstruction formed upon its point, to act as a keeper to some extent, to prevent I the link from leaving the hook.

what I claim as new, and desire to vsecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a tracecarrier,'the combination, with the loop, of a pendulous hook pivoted in the upper end of the said loop, and-adapted to vibrate or swing in the direction of the chain or trace, and a plate having on its surface a lug which forms the pivot on which the hook swings, the

parts being secured together and to the backl band of a harness by rivets, one of which passes through the lug on the plate, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. SMITHER.

Witnesses:

DENT HoovEE, JOHN A. WILLIS. 

